Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has teamed up with the MeerKAT radio telescope array to explore how magnetic fields affect star formation at the chaotic center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Scientists have discovered an extremely rare pair of stars only around 150 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy that will ... than the moon in the night sky. This form of explosion, known ...

The Milky Way may have a twin. The discovery of the most distant spiral galaxy to date may change the way we think about both ...

A different kind of nightlife awaits when you road-trip out for some celestial splendor. See the best places for stargazing in dark-sky locations just miles from major cities including New York, ...

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